Reel



June 12, 1928.

' C. A. WICKSTROM REEL Filed March 26, 1925 In veflfor Char/65,4[Mb/$77007.

Patented June 12,

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ALBIN WICKSTROH, OF WESTERN SPRINGS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WEST-EBN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION orNEW YORK,

REEL.

Application filed larch 26, 1825. Serial No. 18,406.

This invention relates to reels, and more particularly to reels forcoiling cables and other heavy materials.

The object of this invention is to provide a reel which is simple andrigid in construction, may be economically manufactured, and is'particularly efiicient for holding cables and other heavy materials.

One form of the invention is embodied in a reel comprising a pair ofheads fastened at each end of a tubular drum. The heads are providedwith central apertures adapted to receive suitable hub members which areinterconnected by means of a plurality of connecting rods or bolts.These bolts also serve to properly position the hub members and tofasten them to the heads. The number and arrangement of the bolts aresuch that they serve to guide a shaft or arbor, inserted through one ofthe hub members, to facilitate its passage through the opposite hubmember.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which 7 Fig. 1 is an end view of a reel embodying thefeatures of the present invention;

Fig.2 is an axial section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of a portion of thestructure shown in fieferring to the drawings in detail, a tubular drum10, preferably composed of sheet metal, is suitably fastened between twosteel heads 11 as by means of a plurality of bolts 12 which protrudethrough the headsand are threaded at each end to receive a nut 13.

The drum 10 encircles a pair of metal rings 14 fastened on theinner sideof the heads 11 and is thereby accurately centered with respect to theheads. Each of the heads 11 may be provided with a peripheral flange 16to increase its resistance against becoming indented or distorted whilebeing rolled or conveyed from one. place to another. A

metal ring 17 may be fastened to the inner side of the flanges 16 tofurther add to the strength of the headsand thereby lengthen the life ofthe reels.

Each head 11 is provided with a central circular aperture 20 withinwhich is received a hub member 21. The hub members 21 are each providedwith a central bore 22 and an shoulders 27 against which the hub members21 are secured and thereby properly positioned. The reduced ends 26 ofthe rods 25 protrude through .suitable apertures provided therefor inthe hub members 21 and heads 11 and are threaded to receive nuts 29,which when tightened cooperate with the shoulders 27 to rigidlyinterconnect the hub members 21 and firmly fasten them to the heads 11.

The hub members 21 are counterbored or beveled at their inner ends asindicated at 30, to facilitate the insertion of a shaft or arbor (notshown) and the number and arrangement of the rods 25 is such that ashaft inserted through one of the hub members is guided by either pairof adjacent rods to the bore of the opposite hub member. This guiding isfurther facilitated since the rods 25 are arranged so that they extendslightly means for holding the forward end of, the 7 cable or othermaterial being coiled. A plurality of apertures 36 provided near theperipheries of each of the heads 11 serve as-a means for tying the outerend of the coiled material to the reel.

Although there is herein shown and de-' scribed one specific embodimentof the 'invention, it should be understood that the invention is capableof other applications and should be limited only by the general scope ofthe appended claims.

What is claimed is: v a

1. A reel com rising a pair of heads having apertures t erein, and aplurality of members interconnecting the heads located adjacent to theapertures and relatively spaced by a. distance less than the distancesacross the apertures.

2. A reel comprising a pair of heads, a hub member for each head havingan spotture therethrough terminating in an enlarged opening on theinternal face of the hub member, and a plurality of membersinterconnecting the hubs spaced apart by a 5 distance less than thedistances across the apertures and positioned with portions thereofextending within the boundaries of the enlarged openings.

3'. A reel comprising a pair of heads having apertures therein throughwhich a sup porting shaft extends, and a plurality of membersinterconnecting said heads and spaced to confine the shaft in passingbetween the heads within the inner boundaries established by saidmembers.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 13th day .ofMarch, A. D., 1925.

CHARLES ALBIN WICKSTROM.

